Biography
Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as an actress at Nikkatsu in 1927. She became a major star, even starting her own production company, Irie Productions, in 1932. One of Kenji Mizoguchi's silent film masterpieces, The Water Magician, was produced at that company with Irie starring. She appeared in many advertisements, as well as on fans and other commercial goods. Irie was also the subject of a folding screen painting by Nihonga artist Nakamura Daizaburō, which appeared in the 1930 Teiten (Imperial Exhibition), and which is today in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art; toy dolls were also produced based on this image.
In the postwar period, Irie became known as a "ghost cat actress" (bakeneko joyū) for appearing in a series of kaidan (ghost story) movies. One of her late memorable roles was in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, where she plays Mutsuta's wife, the lady who warns Sanjuro (Toshirō Mifune) that "the best sword stays in its scabbard".
Filmography
all 66
Movies 66
self 1
Producer 1
Legend of the Cat Monster (1998)
The Deserted City (1984)
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time (1983)
The House of Hanging (1979)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
Sanjuro (1962)
Lord Mito (1957)
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp (1957)
Fighting Letter for 29 People (1957)
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi (1956)
Matashirō Fighting Journey (1956)
The Roar of The Lion (1955)
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing (1954)
The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954)
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko (1954)
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki (1954)
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (1953)
Love Letter (1953)
Ghost of Saga Mansion (1953)
Tales of a Drifter (1951)
Judge of the Ashuras (1951)
Blue Sky Angel (1950)
続影法師 (1950)
Kagebōshi (1950)
Odoroki ikka (1949)
Invitation to Happiness (1947)
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu (1947)
人生とんぼ返り (1946)
Four Marriages (1944)
The Most Beautiful (1944)
Omokage no machi (1942)
Wings of Victory (1942)
Mother Never Dies (1942)
Green Earth (1942)
Sky of Hope (1942)
The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)
White Heron (1941)
Yukiko and Natsuyo (1941)
Dancers of Awa (1941)
The Snake Princess (1940)
Sincerity (1939)
Enoken’s Shrewd Period (1939)
Tojuro's Love (1938)
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again (1937)
Mother's Melody (1937)
A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
Kuriyama Daizen (1936)
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 (1936)
Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)
Karisome no kuchibeni (1934)
Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)
The Water Magician (1933)
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia (1932)
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen (1931)
Jean Valjean: Part Two (1931)
Jean Valjean: Part One (1931)
Behold This Mother (1930)
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)
Matenro sôtohen (1929)
A Living Puppet (1929)
The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
Metropolitan Symphony (1929)
Tokyo March (1929)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1911-02-07
Deathday1995-01-12 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
ChildrenWakaba Irie
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As入江たか子, Такако Ириэ
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